Southbrook Rubbish Pit Closed on 30th and 31st August 2024
Waimakariri District Council media release: 20th August 2024
The general rubbish pit at Southbrook Resource Recovery Park will be closed to the public for scheduled maintenance on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st August 2024.
Contractors will be on site to renew a section of the floor that has reached the end of its life.
We need to close the general rubbish pit to replace a section of the pit to ensure safety of the public and to keep disruption to a minimum. This includes constructing reinforcing and steel floor runners, and pouring a new layer of concrete.
The concrete needs time to cure before the general rubbish pit can be opened up again, and we will be using high-strength fast-curing concrete to limit the closure to two days.
During these two days the green waste area, recycling centre and Resale Shop will remain open, and we will still accept Council-branded rubbish bags at the recycling area. The site will be fully operational on Sunday 1st September 2024.
If you need to dispose of larger amounts of rubbish during these two days, we advise you to visit EcoDrop Styx Mill (76 Styx Mill Road, Casebrook) - which is open from 7am to 4.30pm daily.
Councillor Robbie Brine said Southbrook transfer station was built over 25 years ago.
“More than 416,000 tonnes of rubbish has been dropped into the pit and pushed into the compactor since the site opened in mid-1998, and this section of the pit floor has reached the end of its life.
“This renewal will ensure that we can keep providing the expected level of service to our customers until we can complete our planned site upgrades.”